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During World War II, approximately 350,000 U.S. women served with the armed forces. As many as 543 died in war-related incidents, including 16 nurses who were killed from enemy fire - even though U.S. political and military leaders had decided not to use women in combat because they feared public opinion. [2]
Women in World War II. In many nations women were encouraged to join female branches of the armed forces or participate in industrial or farm work. Women took on many different roles during World War II, including as combatants and workers on the home front. [1] The war involved global conflict on an unprecedented scale; the absolute urgency of ...
Martha Ellis Gellhorn (8 November 1908 – 15 February 1998) [ 1 ] was an American novelist, travel writer, and journalist who is considered one of the great war correspondents of the 20th century. [ 2 ][ 3 ] She reported on virtually every major world conflict that took place during her 60-year career.
During World War II, many women filled roles vacated by men fighting overseas. Beginning in the 1960s, the second-wave feminist movement changed cultural perceptions of women, although it was unsuccessful in passing the Equal Rights Amendment. In the 21st century, women have achieved greater representation in prominent roles in American life.
World War II led to an increase in women in the workforce and pushed women into breadwinning jobs in traditionally male spheres. [21] From 1940 to 1945, the number of women in the workforce went from 28% to 37%. [21] The lack of men at home led to many women taking industrial jobs: by 1943, 1/3 of the workers in Boeing's Seattle factory were ...
Marguerite Higgins. Marguerite Higgins Hall (September 3, 1920 – January 3, 1966) was an American reporter and war correspondent. Higgins covered World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and in the process advanced the cause of equal access for female war correspondents. [ 1 ] She had a long career with the New York Herald Tribune ...
A "Rosie" putting rivets on an Vultee A-31 Vengeance in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1943. Rosie the Riveter is an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. [ 1 ][ 2 ] These women sometimes took entirely new ...
U.S. Army Signals Intelligence Service cryptologists, mostly women, at work at Arlington Hall circa 1943. The Code Girls or World War II Code Girls is a nickname for the more than 10,000 women who served as cryptographers (code makers) and cryptanalysts (code breakers) for the United States Military during World War II, working in secrecy to break German and Japanese codes.